GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Rep. Roy Schmidt lied, switched parties and, according to the county prosecutor, tried to undermine an election and perpetuate a fraud on voters.

All of Schmidt's maneuvering isn't sitting well with some on the West Side, where signs disparaging Schmidt are popping up alongside the road.

The “Schmidt’s a Schmuck” sign at right appeared recently on the side of Lake Michigan Drive in Grand Rapids, in Schmidt’s 76th house district.

It wasn't immediately clear who created the signs, which are similar in design to standard candidate yard posters.

Text messages between Schmidt, House Speaker Jase Bolger and others involved in the botched scheme and cover-up have laid bare a politico fiasco that has resulted in a torrent of calls for both Schmidt and Bolger to resign.

The messages between Schmidt’s son, nephew and a planted Democrat recruited to run against the party-switching lawmaker revealed the panic that set in when their attempts to undermine the election quickly fell apart.